The troop draws the end: Giant slalom is over for me!
The troop draws the end: Giant slalom is over for me!
Åre, Schweden - In the women's giant Slalom, a surprising turn caused a stir: The Austrian ski driver Katharina Truppe announced after her unsuccessful attempt to qualify on Saturday in Åre that she wanted to concentrate exclusively on slalom in the future. "The giant slalom chapter is closed for me. I have fought for three years now and I can't find it back on track," said Truppe in an interview with ORF radio Ö3. Despite intensive training and tireless determination, she failed to find the desired competition rhythm.
troop, which has always tried itself in the giant slalom in recent years, felt the constant setbacks as "agony". She invested a lot of time and energy, but the race was no longer fun. "Then it just gets hard, mentally, that you keep building up again and again," said Truppe. In the active ski scene, your withdrawal from the giant slalom will certainly be taken into account, as it is going into a new phase of your career.
Brignone and Scheib in the race
The only Austrian in the extended top was Julia Scheib, who secured the seventh place with a deficit of 2.24 seconds. Her teammate Franziska Gritsch fell back at the crucial moment and was 25. Another unfortunate momentum suffered Stephanie Brunner and the half-time second Sofia Goggia, both of whom left in the second round. Mikaela Shiffrin, on the other hand, had already ended her skiing engagement in Åre in the morning, also with a failure. The violation of Katharina Liensberger, who was at the start despite health restrictions
like The small newspaper , this could also be consequences for Liensberger Have World Cup final in Sun Valley. Thus the tension remains high, while the ski world continues to look forward to developments in the slalom.
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